Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
And make your name great;
And so
King James Version
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Holman Bible
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
International Standard Version
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
A Conservative Version
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.
American Standard Version
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;
Amplified
And
And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
Bible in Basic English
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Darby Translation
And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
Julia Smith Translation
And I will make thee into a great nation, and I will bless thee, and I will make thy name great; and thou shalt be blessed.
King James 2000
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great. And you will be a blessing.
Modern King James verseion
And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.
NET Bible
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
New Heart English Bible
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing.
The Emphasized Bible
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Webster
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
World English Bible
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Themes
Blessings » Pronounced upon persons by the lord
Blessings » Who all nations are blessed in
Call » To special religious duty » Of abraham
Canaan » Land of » Promised to abraham and his seed
the Canaanites » Abraham » Called to dwell amongst
Communion » Instances of » Abraham
Courage » Instances of the courage of conviction » Abraham, in leaving his fatherland
Covenant » Instances of » Abraham
Faith » Trial of » Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and to go where he did not know
Faith » Instances of » Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command of God
Haran » Also called charran » Abraham leaves, by divine command
Jews, the » Promises respecting made to » Abraham
Jews, the » Their national greatness
Nations » Who all nations are blessed in
Obedience » Instances of » Abraham
Obedience to God » Exemplified
Promotion » Instances of » Abraham
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Abraham
Topics
Interlinear
Shem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Abram
1
But the LORD had said unto Abram, Depart out of thy country and from thy nature and from thy father's house unto a land that I will show thee;
2
And
And make your name great;
And so
Cross References
Genesis 18:18
seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and that all the Gentiles of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 24:35
And the LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold and menslaves and maidslaves and camels and asses.
Genesis 46:3
And he said, I am the God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of thee a great people.
Deuteronomy 26:5
Then thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, My father, the Syrian, perishing of hunger went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few and became there a nation, great, mighty, and many;
Galatians 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if thou art able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 17:4-6
Behold my covenant with thee: Thou shalt be a father of many Gentiles.
Genesis 22:17-18
that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies;
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if someone could number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 14:14-16
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his tried and experienced servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Genesis 19:29
And it came to pass as God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 26:4
and I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and will give unto thy seed all these lands, and in thy seed shall all the Gentiles of the earth be blessed
Genesis 27:29
Let the peoples serve thee and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee; cursed be every one that curses thee, and blessed be he that blesses thee.
Genesis 28:3-4
And may God Almighty bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee that thou may be a congregation of peoples
Genesis 28:14
and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt multiply to the west and to the east and to the Aquilon and to the Negev; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 35:11
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a company of nations (Gentiles) shall come out of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Exodus 1:7
And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Exodus 32:10
Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot in them and consume them; and I will put thee over a great nation.
Numbers 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Numbers 24:9-10
He couched, he lay down as a lion and as a great lion; who shall awaken him? Blessed is he that blesses thee, and cursed is he that curses thee.
2 Samuel 7:9
and I have been with thee wherever thou didst walk and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
1 Kings 1:47
And moreover, the king's slaves came to bless our lord King David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king worshipped upon the bed.
1 Kings 3:8-9
And thy slave is in the midst of thy people whom thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Micah 7:20
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the times of old.
Romans 4:11
And he received the circumcision as a sign, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised believers, that it might be counted unto them also as righteousness,
Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the sons of Abraham.